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The challenge to reach a good school coexistence |
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The school coexistence
turns more and more complex all the time, due to the radical changes
that society undergoes in itself, where minors are livelier, where
parents become more over protective, and where teachers have less right
to scold those children who overpass the limits in conduct and respect.
It is true that in this
process, it is not only the teachers and pupils who can take part, and
that it is necessary for all actors in the community to get involved,
including parents, organizations, churches and all entities which search
for harmony. But it is also necessary to put in order and do an
appraisal of each citizen's claims according to the roles they hold in
our society, because if they do not establish priorities, a chaos which
will end up by turning human relationships into a permanent conflict,
will take place.
0ne of the most obvious
problems which has not been yet solved is the loss of authority suffered
by the teachers in the handling and training of their pupils, due to
being more permissive as well as from the lack of determined support
from the educational conjunction.
This situation is perceived
by the pupils, who see in the system, plus their guardians’ endorsement,
that today they have more rights than responsibilities.
We believe that it is one
of the most serious mistakes which affect the school relationships
making them more complex and less stable. Having to add to it more
stressful situations, more academic demands, troubled homes and
competitiveness with their peers.
Considering how complex it
is to educate now is the reason for supporting the initiative of
inviting for dialogue and comprehension. Parents, teachers, pupils and
human development organizations, should undertake the task to achieve
the integration in every educational system, to eradicate every conflict
symptom, so those dividing barriers which stop a good drive inside the
actual educational system could be broken.
We believe that the last
task is to obtain a unity between values and knowledge in education, so
we would not only end up with pupils full of knowledge but lacking
affection, loyalty, unity and a series of values which could allow them
to obtain a rational human behaviour.
We add ourselves to the
task of stimulating the Consejos Escolares, not as a bureaucratic action,
but aiming for a harmonious coexistence, to give teachers more power, to
give the pupils more guarantee and to ensure a well-being climate in the
schools.
The proposal is made, but to make it effective, a
disposition, which must emerge from the people’s
will, is needed so that we can all
reach the climate which will
allow us, at least, to accept and respect each other as persons.
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